gtk file chooser weirdness in linux-firefox

[Stanislav Sedov]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:47:31 +0200
Alexander Konovalenko <kono at kth.se> mentioned:

> Hi!
> 
> For a long time I am experiencing weird problem when trying to choose file 
> from File->Open_File or when I want to change "download action/helper 
> application" in the preferences. The problem is that GTK file chooser does 
> not list all files in the selected directory.
> 
> Check it out here: http://daemon.nanophys.kth.se/~kono/buggy_file_chooser.png
> 
>  So some GTK library want to convince me that in /usr/X11R6/bin folder there 
> are only three files? there are 539!
> 
> I tried to right-click and activate hidden files in the chooser, tried from 
> the root account, no luck.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 

That's because Linux apps access files rooted in /compat/linux first,
and only falls back if file isn't found. So firefox merely lists
contents of /compat/linux/usr/X11R6, not /usr/X11R6.

> 
> Currently I don't use freebsd natively build firefox because it's unstable.
> 

I'm using it permanetly without any problem. What exactly you are
experiencing?

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